Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-03-18
ORIGINAL AND BORROWED.

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ORIGINAL AND BORROWED. {
The list of casualties the il
Massachusetts disaster makes the
accident one of the most extensive G
and terrible railroad horrors on
record. One hundred and fourteen c
injured, besides those killed. makes c
terrible showing. The railroad S
company seems clearly to blame a
for rskng human lives weak t
bridge in such important place.
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The Imperial Government of
Germany has detected extern ,
sive aduteration of leather, 1t is
accomplished by soaking the tan
ned hides in glucose and drying
them, which adds to their weight
and apparent solidity, and increases
their value 1t detected by
soaking the leather in water for
twentyfour hours.
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@One cause Of extreme nervous
ness of women" says health pa
per sis being too much in darkness Il
when indoors" The are
kept dark to save the carpets and
keep out the aies and the Occu-
pants lack the benefit of fresh air
and sunshine Houses from which
the san is excluded are notably I'M
wholesome
Ladies are now carrying the rage
for harmonious dressing, even to
their nOte.paper, which must cor
respond with their complexion and
hair. A few years ago the staple
tints Of fne stationery white
aud cream, with a small percentage
OF lavender azure, and a few 9th
ers; now there are about twenty
five standard tints altogether, while
the number of shades given to each
lint is without limit.
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Heavy machinery is run by
artesian we'll power in many parts
OF France, and the experience of
the French shows that the deeper
the well the greater the pressure
and the higher the temperature
At Grenelle we'll sunk TO the
depth of 1902 feet and flowing
daily 100000 gallons has apressure
Of 60 pounds to the square inch,
and the water from this well is so
hot that it is used for heating the
hospitals in the vicinity.
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Having read in the Baltimore
Sun that President Cleveland had
been presented by Kentucky re-
publican with elegant new reel,
veteran democrat and bass fisher
man of Strasburg, Va, forwarded
to the President request for bis
old reel The request closed with
the assurance that if the President
would forward the cast-off reel it {
would be put TO good use, after {
being dedicated "on the willow
fringef banks of the Shenandoah" {
At last accounts the reel had not
reached StTasburg. Il
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The Working .womens Protective
Union of New York has spent in
the twenty years of its existence
$4,000 to conduct seven thousand
prosecutions for frauds upon work
ing girls. In this way $4,000 of
wages have been collected that new
er would have been paid otherwise.
These expenses are borne by the
voluntary donations Of those who
approve of helping those who help
themselves in hard fight against
life and the temptations which be-
set them.
At the wedding breakfast IN
England, recently one of the
bridesmaids expressed wish to
see that mystic document a
wedding license which she had
never beheld. The request Occa-
stoned a fearful discovery. The K
clergyman had quite forgotten to
ask for the license the bridegroom |
had left it to his best man to look
after and this the best man had
forgotten to do. Of course, the
marriage was not legal The we'd
ding party broke up in dismay, aud
the ceremony performed again
the next day.
Self knowledge has its value and
its dangers. When cultivated dis
proportionatey, it often degener'